Sunday 27 March 2011

UFC/MMA Thoughts

UFC is coming to Canada, GSP takes on Jake shields, Dana White is calling for Anderson Silva and GSP to fight. It makes no sense, except that White is likely jealous of the fame and image that GSP has earned. White seems to want to be the face of the UFC and likely feels threatened by GSPs popularity. The fight makes no sense. Jon 'Bones' Jones, is the boss at 205 now. Anderson should take him on. There are alot of interesting fights for GSP on the horizan, Carlos Condit, and with the UFC purchasing Strikeforce, Nick Diaz vs GSP.
I think in the future, there will be alot of fighters having problems with thier head. there are alot of fighters that keep figihting again and again after brutal knockouts. Kieth Jardine, Wand Silva, Liddell.
As for boxing, we still haven't seen Mayweather VS. Pacman, and likely never will. Not seeing the good heavyweight match-ups, and most of all, stacked cards like the UFC has.
UFC should be interesting again, another season off TUF starts,
in Canada, The MFC is headed to Windsor. Pavelich should work on a marketing strategy like UFC does. something creative. One of the most colorful fighters on there is Kajan Johnson.
April 9th. I am looking forward to tonight Strikeforce championship between Nick Diaz and Paul Daley. Paul Daly has knock out power, and the common fan gets blinded by that fact. if Diaz has good defense, he will pick him apart and show he is a one dimensional fighter. I hope diaz stops him in the 4th or 5th round. In the Co main, Gegard Mousassi is taking on Jardine, how many tough fights can Kieth Jardine go through. no one had harder fights in the UFC than him. Gegard has this one, and I hope to see him in action in the near future against top ranked 205ers. April 17th. Leave it to mma fans to to call jon jones the muhammed ali of mma. The only similarities the two fighters share is their athletic ability and becopming champions at young ages. Ali fought more than opponents, he stood up to the government and refused to kill other poor people in the Vietnam war, he fought assimilation when he embraced Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay to muhammed ali. 
Nick diaz is voicing his opoinion about being underpaid as a mma fighter. As a champion, who fights anybody, he is one of the biggest draws in the sport as well. Top Boxers get paid millions, while diaz clears 100,000 grand with bonus if he wins, and gets a bonus. June 10th, tomorrow Shane Carwin take on JDS to solidify the number one contender. much is being made of shane carwin coming in at a lighter weight. I think only fools think its cause of a diet change only. There has been long standind suspision that Carwin has used steriods to put himself into the position he in now. JDS has called out Lesnar and Allistar Overeem for steriod abuse. I am rooting for JDS in this bout and looking forward to a good slugfest between him and Cain for the Heavyweight championship. Its official, Nick Diaz is taking on GSP this fall. looking forward to the build up to that bout. Lesnar is out with a reoccuring infection and requires surgery, it was amazing he bounced back after the first bout. Donald Brashear made his mma debut in quebec, crushed a tomato can in a very non competitive fight. I am waiting to her when Steve Bosse is back in action, and when Derek 'The Lion' Parker is back to fighting after trying out work for a year. He is only 27, turning 28. I believe he has the heart, but he has been in alot of tough fights, and it will be interesting to see how he holds up in battles to come. I wish him luck.  June 12th. JDS won his fight, showing that boxing is still alive and doing well. fight veteran Yves Edwards got knocked out real bad by Sam Stout. Makes one wonder what kind of camp he had coming in, any shots to the head, or if it was just an accumilation from his 60 plus fight career. These are the guys I would like to see walk away, nothing left to prove.Ken Florian knocked out Diego Nunes, I didn;t like how he was preaching god this , god that, god/creator empowers people, but doesn't win or lose fights.  Brian Stann is a contender at middleweight, looking very good since he dropped to 185.

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